feat(tui-go): inline action rows in the OUTPUT transcript

Surface side-effecting ("external feedback") events in the conversation
flow, opencode-style, instead of only in the EVENTS side log.

- New RouterEntry role "action" (glyph + text) appended at arrival so it
  interleaves with chat turns by order. Rendered dim with an accent gutter
  glyph; the EVENTS panel still carries the full stream.
- Surfaced: tool start (⏵), tool done (✓ / ✎ wrote <path> (+a −b) for a
  diff), tool failed (✗), rejected (✕ blocked), approval resolved
  (⌘ approved / ✕ rejected, noting "· via grant" on a grant auto-approve),
  and grant create/revoke (⊞ / ⊟ · scope). ApprovalResolved names no tool
  on the wire, so the tool is recovered from the pending queue before the
  gate is dropped.
- Toggle: "inline actions" palette command flips actionsHidden (rows are
  always recorded, gated at render, so toggling reveals history); persisted
  in tui-prefs.json. prefs.go refactored to load/mutate/save so the new
  field and statusbarHidden no longer clobber each other.
- demo.go: "actions" preview kind.

go build / vet / test green; rendered the flow via cmd/preview.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

apps/tui-go/internal/app/demo.go

@@ -163,6 +163,29 @@ func PreviewFrame(kind string, w, h int) string {
 		m.grantScopeIndex = 1
 		m.overlay = OverlayGrantScope
 
+	case "actions":
+		m.connected = true
+		m.currentModel = "llama-cpp:default"
+		m.sessions = sampleSessions()
+		m.selectedID = "04a546aa"
+		m.sessionEntered = true
+		m.routerConnected = true
+		m.routerMessages["04a546aa"] = []RouterEntry{
+			{Role: "user", Content: "run the healthcheck and write the script"},
+			{Role: "router", Content: "I'll create the script, then run it."},
+			{Role: "action", Icon: "⏵", Content: "file_write"},
+			{Role: "action", Icon: "✎", Content: "wrote healthcheck.sh  (+4 −0)"},
+			{Role: "action", Icon: "⌘", Content: "approved file_write"},
+			{Role: "action", Icon: "⏵", Content: "shell"},
+			{Role: "action", Icon: "✓", Content: "shell · exit 0"},
+			{Role: "action", Icon: "⊞", Content: "granted file_write · global"},
+			{Role: "router", Content: "Done — script written and the healthcheck passes."},
+		}
+		if s := m.session("04a546aa"); s != nil {
+			s.CurrentStage = "execute_script"
+			s.LastEventAt = nowMillis() - 3000
+		}
+
 	case "grants":
 		m.connected = true
 		m.currentModel = "llama-cpp:default"

apps/tui-go/internal/app/model.go

@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ const (
 
 // RouterEntry is one line in a session's conversation transcript.
 type RouterEntry struct {
-	Role    string // user | router | tool | narration | narration_llm
+	Role    string // user | router | tool | narration | narration_llm | action
 	Content string
+	Icon    string // action role only: the gutter glyph (⏵ ✓ ✎ ⌘ ✕ ⊞ ⊟)
 	Metrics *TurnMetrics
 }
 
@@ -322,6 +323,10 @@ type Model struct {
 	sbHidden map[string]bool
 	sbIndex  int
 
+	// actionsHidden mutes the inline action rows (tool calls / writes / approvals / grants) in
+	// the OUTPUT transcript; they always stay in the EVENTS panel. Persisted in tui-prefs.json.
+	actionsHidden bool
+
 	// standing grants (OverlayGrants) — active PROJECT/GLOBAL grants from the grant.list reply.
 	grants        []protocol.GrantDto
 	grantsLoading bool
@@ -385,6 +390,7 @@ func NewModel(client *ws.Client) Model {
 		eventStripShown: true,
 		transcriptSel:   -1,
 		sbHidden:        loadStatusbarHidden(),
+		actionsHidden:   loadPrefs().InlineActionsHidden,
 	}
 }
 

apps/tui-go/internal/app/prefs.go

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import (
 // prefs is the TUI's local, persisted preferences (display-only client state — kept out
 // of the server config, which is shared/replayed). Stored as JSON in the correx config dir.
 type prefs struct {
-	StatusbarHidden []string `json:"statusbarHidden"`
+	StatusbarHidden     []string `json:"statusbarHidden"`
+	InlineActionsHidden bool     `json:"inlineActionsHidden"`
 }
 
 // statusSegment is one toggleable status-bar segment. The always-on segments (correx label,
@@ -37,44 +38,62 @@ func prefsPath() string {
 	return filepath.Join(dir, "tui-prefs.json")
 }
 
-// loadStatusbarHidden reads the persisted hidden-segment set (best-effort: a missing or
-// corrupt file yields an empty set, i.e. everything shown).
-func loadStatusbarHidden() map[string]bool {
-	out := map[string]bool{}
+// loadPrefs reads the whole prefs file (best-effort: a missing or corrupt file yields the
+// zero value, i.e. everything shown / actions visible).
+func loadPrefs() prefs {
+	var p prefs
 	path := prefsPath()
 	if path == "" {
-		return out
+		return p
 	}
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return out
+	if data, err := os.ReadFile(path); err == nil {
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(data, &p)
 	}
-	var p prefs
-	if json.Unmarshal(data, &p) == nil {
-		for _, id := range p.StatusbarHidden {
-			out[id] = true
-		}
-	}
-	return out
+	return p
 }
 
-// saveStatusbarHidden writes the hidden set back to disk (best-effort; ignores IO errors so
-// a read-only home never crashes the UI). Order follows statusSegments for a stable file.
-func saveStatusbarHidden(hidden map[string]bool) {
+// savePrefs writes the whole prefs file (best-effort; ignores IO errors so a read-only home
+// never crashes the UI). Callers load, mutate one field, then save so nothing is clobbered.
+func savePrefs(p prefs) {
 	path := prefsPath()
 	if path == "" {
 		return
 	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if data, err := json.MarshalIndent(p, "", "  "); err == nil {
+		_ = os.WriteFile(path, data, 0o644)
+	}
+}
+
+// loadStatusbarHidden reads the persisted hidden-segment set (best-effort: a missing or
+// corrupt file yields an empty set, i.e. everything shown).
+func loadStatusbarHidden() map[string]bool {
+	out := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, id := range loadPrefs().StatusbarHidden {
+		out[id] = true
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// saveStatusbarHidden writes the hidden set back to disk, preserving the other prefs fields.
+// Order follows statusSegments for a stable file.
+func saveStatusbarHidden(hidden map[string]bool) {
 	var ids []string
 	for _, seg := range statusSegments {
 		if hidden[seg.id] {
 			ids = append(ids, seg.id)
 		}
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if data, err := json.MarshalIndent(prefs{StatusbarHidden: ids}, "", "  "); err == nil {
-		_ = os.WriteFile(path, data, 0o644)
-	}
+	p := loadPrefs()
+	p.StatusbarHidden = ids
+	savePrefs(p)
+}
+
+// saveInlineActionsHidden persists the inline-action-rows toggle, preserving other prefs fields.
+func saveInlineActionsHidden(hidden bool) {
+	p := loadPrefs()
+	p.InlineActionsHidden = hidden
+	savePrefs(p)
 }

apps/tui-go/internal/app/server.go

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ func (m *Model) applyServer(msg protocol.ServerMessage) {
 			}
 			s.LastEventAt = nowMillis()
 		}
+		m.appendAction(msg.SessionID, "⏵", msg.ToolName)
 	case protocol.TypeToolCompleted:
 		if s := m.session(msg.SessionID); s != nil {
 			s.Active = false
@@ -206,7 +207,13 @@ func (m *Model) applyServer(msg protocol.ServerMessage) {
 			s.addEvent(msg.OccurredAt, "ToolCompleted", msg.ToolName)
 		}
 		if msg.Diff != nil && *msg.Diff != "" {
+			// A diff = a write/edit: name the file + the line delta, then keep the
+			// existing collapsed diff row (^x opens the full diff).
+			path, add, del := diffSummary(*msg.Diff)
+			m.appendAction(msg.SessionID, "✎", "wrote "+path+countSuffix(add, del))
 			m.appendRouter(msg.SessionID, RouterEntry{Role: "tool", Content: *msg.Diff})
+		} else {
+			m.appendAction(msg.SessionID, "✓", actionToolText(msg.ToolName, msg.Summary))
 		}
 	case protocol.TypeToolAssessed:
 		if s := m.session(msg.SessionID); s != nil {
@@ -224,11 +231,13 @@ func (m *Model) applyServer(msg protocol.ServerMessage) {
 			s.markTool(msg.ToolName, ToolFailed)
 			s.LastEventAt = msg.OccurredAt
 		}
+		m.appendAction(msg.SessionID, "✗", actionToolText(msg.ToolName+" failed", msg.Reason))
 	case protocol.TypeToolRejected:
 		if s := m.session(msg.SessionID); s != nil {
 			s.markTool(msg.ToolName, ToolRejected)
 			s.LastEventAt = nowMillis()
 		}
+		m.appendAction(msg.SessionID, "✕", actionToolText(msg.ToolName+" blocked", msg.Reason))
 	case protocol.TypeArtifactCreated:
 		if s := m.session(msg.SessionID); s != nil {
 			s.addEvent(nowMillis(), "ArtifactCreated", msg.ArtifactID)
@@ -254,6 +263,15 @@ func (m *Model) applyServer(msg protocol.ServerMessage) {
 		m.onWorkflowProposed(msg)
 	case protocol.TypeApprovalResolved:
 		if s := m.session(msg.SessionID); s != nil {
+			// The resolved gate names no tool on the wire; recover it from the pending
+			// queue before dropping the gate, for the inline row.
+			tool := ""
+			for _, a := range s.PendingQueue {
+				if a.RequestID == msg.RequestID {
+					tool = a.ToolName
+					break
+				}
+			}
 			// Drop just the resolved gate; any others stay queued and the band
 			// advances to the next rather than vanishing entirely.
 			s.removeApproval(msg.RequestID)
@@ -263,6 +281,7 @@ func (m *Model) applyServer(msg protocol.ServerMessage) {
 			}
 			s.addEvent(msg.OccurredAt, "ApprovalResolved", detail)
 			s.LastEventAt = nowMillis()
+			m.appendAction(msg.SessionID, approvalIcon(msg.Outcome), approvalActionText(msg.Outcome, tool, msg.Reason))
 		}
 	case protocol.TypeSessionSnapshot:
 		m.onSnapshot(msg)
@@ -391,6 +410,73 @@ func sessionIDOf(msg protocol.ServerMessage) string {
 	}
 }
 
+// --- inline action-row helpers (external-feedback events surfaced in OUTPUT) ---
+
+// diffSummary extracts the written path and +/- line counts from a unified diff for the
+// inline write row. Falls back to "file" when no `+++` header is present.
+func diffSummary(diff string) (path string, added, removed int) {
+	path = "file"
+	for _, ln := range strings.Split(diff, "\n") {
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(ln, "+++ "):
+			p := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(ln, "+++ "))
+			p = strings.TrimPrefix(p, "b/")
+			if p != "" && p != "/dev/null" {
+				path = p
+			}
+		case strings.HasPrefix(ln, "+") && !strings.HasPrefix(ln, "+++"):
+			added++
+		case strings.HasPrefix(ln, "-") && !strings.HasPrefix(ln, "---"):
+			removed++
+		}
+	}
+	return path, added, removed
+}
+
+// countSuffix renders the "  (+a −b)" delta, or "" when nothing changed.
+func countSuffix(added, removed int) string {
+	if added == 0 && removed == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return "  (+" + itoa(added) + " −" + itoa(removed) + ")"
+}
+
+// actionToolText joins a tool label with a short, clipped result summary.
+func actionToolText(label, summary string) string {
+	s := strings.TrimSpace(summary)
+	if s == "" {
+		return label
+	}
+	return label + " · " + clip(s, 48)
+}
+
+func approvalIcon(outcome string) string {
+	if outcome == "REJECTED" {
+		return "✕"
+	}
+	return "⌘"
+}
+
+// approvalActionText renders the inline approval row, noting an auto-approval that fired via a
+// standing grant (reason "grant:<id>").
+func approvalActionText(outcome, tool, reason string) string {
+	verb := "approved"
+	switch outcome {
+	case "REJECTED":
+		verb = "rejected"
+	case "AUTO_APPROVED":
+		verb = "auto-approved"
+	}
+	txt := verb
+	if tool != "" {
+		txt = verb + " " + tool
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(reason, "grant:") {
+		txt += " · via grant"
+	}
+	return txt
+}
+
 // onSessionAnnounced fills in a session's workflow identity (the announce is the
 // only event carrying workflowId) and applies auto-focus. The session entry itself
 // was already created by the auto-vivify path in applyServer.

apps/tui-go/internal/app/update.go

@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@ func (m Model) handleOverlayKey(k tea.KeyMsg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			}
 		case k.Type == tea.KeyEnter || runeIs(k, "x"):
 			if m.grantIndex >= 0 && m.grantIndex < len(m.grants) {
-				m.client.Send(protocol.RevokeGrant(m.grants[m.grantIndex].GrantID))
+				g := m.grants[m.grantIndex]
+				m.client.Send(protocol.RevokeGrant(g.GrantID))
+				m.appendAction(m.selectedID, "⊟", "revoked "+g.ToolName+" · "+strings.ToLower(g.Scope))
 				// The server replies with a fresh grant.list, which refreshes m.grants.
 			}
 		case runeIs(k, "G"):
@@ -829,6 +831,7 @@ func (m Model) applyGrantScope() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	scope := opts[idx].wire
 	m.client.Send(protocol.CreateGrant(p.SessionID, scope, []string{p.Tier}, "granted via TUI ("+scope+")", p.ToolName))
 	m.client.Send(protocol.ApprovalResponse(p.RequestID, "APPROVE", nil))
+	m.appendAction(p.SessionID, "⊞", "granted "+p.ToolName+" · "+strings.ToLower(scope))
 	if s := m.session(p.SessionID); s != nil {
 		s.removeApproval(p.RequestID)
 	}
@@ -969,6 +972,7 @@ func paletteCommands() []paletteCmd {
 		{"config", "g", "edit config", "view / change correx settings"},
 		{"grants", "G", "grants", "view / revoke standing grants"},
 		{"statusbar", "", "status bar", "show / hide status-bar segments"},
+		{"actions", "", "inline actions", "show / hide tool & action rows in output"},
 		{"mode", "s", "toggle mode", "switch chat / steering"},
 		{"cancel", "c", "cancel session", "stop the selected session"},
 		{"back", "l", "back to list", "leave the current session"},
@@ -1016,6 +1020,8 @@ func (m Model) execPalette(id string) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	case "statusbar":
 		m.overlay = OverlayStatusbar
 		m.sbIndex = 0
+	case "actions":
+		m.toggleInlineActions()
 	case "mode":
 		m.cycleChatMode()
 	case "cancel":
@@ -1288,6 +1294,22 @@ func (m *Model) appendRouter(sid string, e RouterEntry) {
 	m.routerMessages[sid] = append(m.routerMessages[sid], e)
 }
 
+// appendAction adds an inline "external feedback" row (a tool call, write/edit, approval, or
+// grant) to a session's OUTPUT transcript, interleaved with chat turns by arrival order. The
+// rows are always recorded; rendering is gated on actionsHidden so toggling reveals history.
+func (m *Model) appendAction(sid, icon, text string) {
+	if sid == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	m.routerMessages[sid] = append(m.routerMessages[sid], RouterEntry{Role: "action", Icon: icon, Content: text})
+}
+
+// toggleInlineActions flips the inline-action-rows visibility and persists it.
+func (m *Model) toggleInlineActions() {
+	m.actionsHidden = !m.actionsHidden
+	saveInlineActionsHidden(m.actionsHidden)
+}
+
 // transcriptNavUser moves the transcript selection to the previous (dir<0) or next
 // (dir>0) USER message — "go back to my previous message". From no selection, ctrl+↑
 // grabs the most recent user message; ctrl+↓ past the last one drops back to tail-follow.

apps/tui-go/internal/app/view.go

@@ -542,6 +542,14 @@ func (m Model) routerRows(w, h int) []string {
 			}
 		case "narration", "stage":
 			rows = append(rows, t.span(e.Content, t.P.Dim))
+		case "action":
+			// Inline "external feedback" row: a side-effecting action (tool call, write/edit,
+			// approval, grant) surfaced in the conversation flow. Muted via actionsHidden.
+			if m.actionsHidden {
+				break
+			}
+			icon := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(t.P.Accent2).Background(t.P.Bg).Render(e.Icon)
+			rows = append(rows, "  "+icon+" "+t.span(e.Content, t.P.Dim))
 		}
 	}
 	// With a selection, scroll so the selected message is visible (top-aligned, clamped